[IPCop-devel] v1.2.0 - no updates list

[stinga <st...@wo...>]

G'day all,

I remember looking at this before :-)

This is mentioned in the FAQ...
http://www.ipcop.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/IPCop/IPCopFAQ#Why_does_IPCop_not_update_the_av

But here is a reminder.

First this only applies to people with permenent connections 
ADSL/Leased line etc, not dial up.


The refresh button has nothing to do with refreshing updates :-)
It is to do with dial and hangup status, which you don't see when you 
are on ADSL/Leased line etc.

The only way that the updates get refreshed is by running 
/usr/local/bin/updatelists.pl and this only gets run by
/etc/rc.d/rc.netaddress.up.
rc.netaddress.up is only run when IPCop dials out or is booted.

To fix it...
You need to run /usr/local/bin/updatelists.pl either manually when new 
patches appear or via cron every now and then.

I never look at my web IPCop page, so I just run 
/usr/local/bin/updatelists.pl from the ssh shell, then use the web 
interface to apply patches.
I rely on the email list to tell me when there is a new update.


To the devel team...

I think the original idea was dialup only and mainly manually, so you 
would click dial, the page would refresh and you would get a message 
that there were updates. If it didn't refresh, you could click refresh.
Then dial on demand and permenent connections happened.

I think the refresh button should be removed as well and an update 
button be added for static type setups.

  --
'ooroo

stinga...(:)-)
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